Gadget News

Lockheed Martin has just finished the final series of quality control tests for an enormous titanium dome meant to serve as caps for satellite fuel tanks. It's not just any ordinary dome, though: the enormous component m...

The US is continuing its quest to try Silk Road's foreign leaders. Irish resident Gary Davis (aka "Libertas") has been extradited to the US to face charges over his alleged involvement in the dark web outfit as an admini...

Movie studios often want computer-generated hair to have a specific effect, whether it's a seductive toss or a careless flick that knocks something over. But there's a problem: most rough-cut simulations don't realistica...

Honda has teamed up with Panasonic to start testing the swappable rechargeable batteries it debuted at CES this year. The partners are bringing Honda's Mobile Power Packs to Indonesia, where they'll be used to power elec...

Another piece of the Square Kilometer Array's puzzle just fell into place. South Africa has officially switched on MeerKAT, billed as the most sensitive radio telescope of its type on the planet. Some parts of the array ...

A three-year-old male jaguar named Valerio escaped its enclosure at New Orleans' Audubon Zoo on Saturday and was successfully sedated and captured, but not before it managed to maul and kill several alpacas, an emu, and ...

After a 31 year absence, Volkswagen has returned to Pikes Peak to set the record straight. Its last, and only other trek up the mountain was on pace to set a best time, but ended in disappointment as Jochi Kleint's 625bh...

On Saturday, Twitter gave the boot to two accounts--Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks--that were connected to the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and subsequent leak of stolen documents from the breach.

The CBC reports that Magic: The Gathering cards are part of the $12.6 billion in goods from the United States that are now subject to a 10% tariff by Canada. Won't they think of the Canadian planeswalkers?

This is certainly an unusual error. Or... worldbuilding?

According to The Guardian, a professor at Bangor University named Nathan Abrams says he has found a lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay called Burning Secret, and it sounds pretty darn creepy. Abrams, who The Guardian says i...

Duncan Jones just posted a tease on his Twitter about his previously revealed comic book movie--and it's enough of a tease that we're pretty sure we know what it is.

The flying taxis from Airbus and Uber may have some fresh competition, albeit not quite in the way they might have expected. Rolls-Royce has unveiled an EVTOL (Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) concept that could c...

The robocall problem is as bad as it has ever been, but if big corporations have their way, it just might get worse. The Washington Post reported this week that top businesses from the financial services and retail indus...

Splatoon 2 has had a cheating problem for a while, with unscrupulous players quickly wiping out entire teams in what's supposed to be an accessible, kid-friendly shooter. And now, frustration over the cheating is reachin...

It's finally happening!

One pedal driving is available in many battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, allowing drivers the option to brake to a complete stop without actually pressing on the brake pedal. The car's electric motors can us...

It’s the year 2018 and for some reason we’re still dealing with spam and robocalls. Fortunately, if you use Android, Google’s Phone app has a new feature that helps significantly reduce the number of calls that wil...

It's been another fun-filled week of plebes like us being crushed under the heel of big business. Want to take a trip into orbit? You're gonna need to mortgage your house and your children's futures. Want to own the last...

The current big challenge for virtual reality technology is to work in large rooms. The next dream for the future, however, is likely to be multi-room experiences, where users can wander between rooms or other connected ...

Noble isn’t quite the household name when it comes to sports cars, but that’s because the small British manufacturer has only been producing one model, the V8-equipped M600, since 2009. They showed up to this year’...

Sony's WH1000XM2s put the noise-canceling headphone world on notice when they were released last year, and now, you now they're back on sale on Amazon for $50 off. They're still an investment at $298, but if you spend an...